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> become 30+ days late on all of their bills since you cannot pay bills from jail can't americans bind the utilities to their checking account? i (european) ca
by znpy 3y ago
> become 30+ days late on all of their bills since you cannot pay bills from jail
can't americans bind the utilities to their checking account? i (european) can do that. the bills are paid automatically from my balance (the same where i receive my salary). the web portal from my bank can lists all the entities allowed to pay bills from my balance, and i can revoke any of them unilaterally (in that case i'd have to go back to pay the bills one by one, manually).
- Blackthorn 3y agoThey can but that's generally not the problem. You aren't getting paid while you're in jail, so those payments are likely to bounce (Americans often live paycheck to paycheck).
- SirMaster 3y agoWhy not bind them to their credit cards then? All my bills go to credit cards and I even get 2% cash back on them all that way too. I guess you will run into your credit limit that way eventually too if you are behind on payments for it.